Key facts
- A Gulfstream jet carrying six people has gone missing.
- The aircraft was traveling from Bermuda to Boston.
- The US Coast Guard is conducting a search operation.
- The Federal Aviation Administration lost contact with the plane early Saturday morning.
- Search crews are focused near Nantucket, Massachusetts.
The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a private Gulfstream jet that has gone missing while traveling from Bermuda to Boston with six people on board. The Federal Aviation Administration notified the Coast Guard early Saturday morning that it had lost contact with the aircraft, which is used as a medical transfer plane. Air and surface crews have been dispatched to search for the plane near Nantucket, an island community south of mainland Massachusetts. Weather conditions in Nantucket were clear as of Saturday morning. The aircraft was identified as a Gulfstream G100 with tail number CGRJP.